Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
rs peeial Correspondence of tho Alexa GAZETTE.
1M.orrrNcror d C.. May u 1857

rs peeial Correspondence OF Inc hIe1a. HAZEiiH J
WASHINGTON, D. c., May y. 1887.
The speeches made at the reunion of the
army of the Cumberland last night, coca
stoned no little comment here Today among
the Northern as we'll as the Southern men
who had supposed that only the memories,
not the harsh feelings, OF the war were pre-
served by army reunions. Mr.. Webb, one
Of the commissioners OF The District OF Co
lumbia, in his address OF welcome, express
ed "unbounded regret that he had not stood
fighting shoulder TO shoulder with the army
that put down the rebellion" Col. puffield,
the orator Of the occasion, condemned the
"time serving and trimming" which yielded
to the popular clamor for letting bygones
be bygones, and spoke of the war as RE
bellion, and of President Davis as 'the arch
traitor, hunted down and captured in igno'
minious disguise" And Ex-Governor Cur
tir, the other speaker, said he had nothing
but the most supreme contempt Tor Inc
men who copcocted and conceived the at
tempt to overthrow liberty" and. aliudine
to Gen Sheridan's course in the Valley o!
Virginia, said he thanked heaven we had
generals who knew how to hit hard and
keot on hitting until they had finished the
work" The prevailing idea among South.
ern men here is that the only forgetting ana
forgiving in this country must be done IN
the South, or Dy Southern people mere "n"
| in the North.
There are now four vacancies in the list
of cadets in the revenue marine service,
aud an examination Of candidates for ap-
pointment thereto is in progress at the
Treasury Department.
Capt. Norton, of the Norton shipbuiding
ompany, of Alexandria, WHO'S here 10 day
saws if the trouble about the municipal tax
on the property ne has leased in Alexandra
be settled at orcs, some Northern men III
terested in that property will join bis com
pany, and he will put large force OF men
q. work there right away, though, he says
labor is cheaper in Baltimore than In Alex
andra.
There are a good many Inquiries here foI
options on river frontage at Alexandria, the
rapidly growing impression being that Alex
aGdrs must eventually become the ship
ping port for .hs District of Columbia
River men say that continued dredging is
the only thing that now keepe open the
Georgetown, Washington and navy YARD
channels, and that the reclamation OF the
flats will necessitate more dredging thar
ever.
| About fifteen hundred Masous Of this city lef
here this morning for Baltimore to attend The
| grand Masonic caleb: alton there to-day. About
! ten thousand other people went with them to SEE
| the show.
representative Wilson, Of West Virginia
| now an assistant u s. Attorney General says Dir
| Faulkner the new democratic U. s. Senator from
his State stands Oh the democratic platform
adopted ut Chicago III respect of the tariff that /:
he lavoIs the collection OF no more revenue thar
is actually required fer the nse Of an economical
| ~ administered government
The official report of the exports Of b:cadstuHi
from this country for the month of-Aprl arc ,.
| 534 ,439. For the same mo tn last year they
! wsre - .959,94S.
| Dr. Hunter Mcclure OF Richmond, is presidcn
| of the American Surgical Association, now in SEES
sion here. His opening address yesterday was OF
the need and value of cooperative work in sur
gerry